Improvement in game apparatus



l UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

vANDREW MILLER, OF GUNTERSVILLE, ALABAMA.

IMPROVEMENT lIN GAME APPARATUS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 168,274, dated September 28, 1875; application liled August 5, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, ANDREW MILLER, of Guntersville, in the county of Marshall and State of Alabama, have invented a certain new and useful Game, called Game of the Sixteen Sisters, and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked'thereon, which form a part of this specication. y l p The nature o f my invention consists" in a toy game and game-board called the Sixteen Sisters, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In the annexed drawing, Figure 1 is a front view of my game-board. Fig. 2 is a side view of the same. Fig. 3 shows one of sixteen cards used in my game.

-A represents a wheel, of any suitable dimensions, made, asshown in the drawing, of a central sixteen-pointed star, A1, with radial spokes A2 and a rim, A3. On' each point of the star A1 is painted or otherwise affixed the picture of a woman, the whole representing the sixteen sisters. These are all on the face ofthe Wheel, and the rim is divided into nineA ty-six equal spaces, which are numbered on the face of the wheel, from one to ninety-six consecutively, or otherwise, as desired. On the back of the wheel are ninety-six pins or knobs, a a, corresponding with the divisions between the numbered spaces b b on the face. The wheel thus constructed is pivoted centrally, and held in a vertical position in a frame, B, to be fastened to the wall or otherI suitable place. From the frame B, above the wheel, projects an arm, C, to which is attached a spring, d, to operate on the pins or knobs a on the back of the wheel, and also an index, i, to point on the numbered spaces on the face of the wheel. In connection with this Wheel or rotating game-board, sixteen cards, D, are used, each of which cards has a picture corresponding with one of the sixteen sisters on the wheel, and, in addition thereto, each card has six numbers printed or otherwise ,affixed to it. These numbers may be arranged in any desired manner, only so that the numbers on the sixteen cards shall correspond with the ninety-six numbers on the face ofthe wheel.

In playing this game any number of persons up to sixteen can participate. Each player selects a card, and the wheel is then spun around on its pivot. The spring d, Working on the pins a c ou the back of the Wheel, will soon stop the same and hold it stationary, so that the index z' will point to some number on the face of the wheel. The player who has the corresponding number ou his or ller card loses, and has to give a pawn, tell a story, sing a song, or something similar; or it may be arranged that the player who has the number indicated by the index should win. This may be varied almost indeiinitely, and the game may be made a source of great amusement in many ways.

Having thus fully described my invention,

what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The rotating game-board A, having a series ofnumbered spaces on its face, and a corresponding number of pins or knobs on its back, in combination with a frame having a projecting arm, C, with spring d and index t', substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

2. The cards D, each having six numbers, as described, in combination with the board A, provided with numbered spaces and knobs, and Aarm C, having spring d and index t', all substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I 'have affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ANDREW MILLER. Witnesses:

J. WALTER ELLIOTT, S. K. RAYBUEN. 

